Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्यैः सेवितं सुरमानुषैः । सिद्धैर्यक्षैश्च मुनिभिः सेवितं सर्वतः शुभम्

Transliteration

brahmaviṣṇumaheśādyaiḥ sevitaṃ suramānuṣaiḥ | siddhairyakṣaiśca munibhiḥ sevitaṃ sarvataḥ śubham

Translation

هو موضعٌ مُبَجَّلٌ لدى براهما وفيشنو وماهيشا وسائر الآلهة، ويؤمّه أهل السماء والبشر. ويزوره أيضًا السِّدْهَة والياكشا والريشيون؛ وهو مباركٌ من كل وجه.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्यैः: by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa and others
• ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + विष्णु + महेश + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः, ततः ‘आदि’ इति पदेन सह ‘आद्य’ (आदि-शब्दान्त) बहुवचन-तृतीया

• सेवितम्: served, attended
• सेवितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सेवित’ = ‘served/attended’

• सुरमानुषैः: by gods and humans
• सुरमानुषैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः

• सिद्धैः: by Siddhas
• सिद्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यक्षैः: by Yakṣas
• यक्षैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सेवितम्: served
• सेवितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वतः: on all sides; entirely
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the place/thing implied)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; immediately followed by Yudhiṣṭhira’s question and Vyāsa’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed saras/tīrtha in Dharmāraṇyaka (as per this excerpt)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred lake/forest tīrtha with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa symbolically present; devas and humans on the banks; siddhas in the sky; yakṣas at the forest edge; sages in meditation—an all-auspicious panorama.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Maheśa (Śiva)
• Siddhas
• Yakṣas
• Munis (Sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely auspicious by divine and saintly association, inspiring faith and pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred sarovara (lake) within the Dharmāraṇya context of the Brāhma Khaṇḍa (name clarified in surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s sanctity through who frequents it.